public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags culture & politics

October 2006

Long Sunday

culture and theory blog with a progressive politics; well written

Posthegemony

The "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.

b o r d e r l a n d s e-journal :: all issues

"writings cutting across and between politics, media, literature, history, law, science, medicine, philosophy, economics, music, film and more." Attractive and informative graphic design for ejournal homepage.

Flow Conference 2006

Oct 06. Innovative academic TV site, Flow, has upcoming conversational conference coming at end of month. Contributors submit short position papers, available for downloading.

DIY Media Weblog

new blog as of Sept 06, good authors; participatory democracy in Internet communications

Networked Public Culture

theses for a proposed book on this topic, to which readers are invited to contribute, with comments included in "symposia" after each chapter, first announcement. Later entries include chapter contributors, topics, comments.

re-public: re.imagining democracy

e-journal: "process of re-imagining democracy, broadly conceived as referring to the multitude of practices that shape everyday life"; in-depth left essays from an international perspective

A Rape in Cyberspace By Julian Dibbell

1993, complete text of essay delineating important event in Internet history

September 2006

feminist blog--women's space

good consideration of international issues, well written

August 2006

The Tangled Web of Syriana

a fun chart illustrating the plot and connections between characters of a good political film

craigbellamy.net

blog by media teacher "profiling some of the web2.0 developments--in a cultural, political and social sense"

Autonomy & Solidarity | Autonomy & Solidarity Network

left journal: change comes from self organization of workers and oppressed groups

Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net

interesting left theory online journal--"exploring culture and politics after the net"

Main Page - MarxWiki

developed by a class taught by Kathleen Fitzpatrick

July 2006

DREAMS OF A NATION

resources and information on Palestinian cinema

Queer Theory

online, visual, and textual resources

Center for Social Media at American University

how to use the media for social action, especially documentaries

Counterpunch

by 7 others
excellent daily newsletter / articles from Left authors

June 2006